B. J. Daniels (American football)

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B. J. Daniels
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Daniels with the Seahawks in 2014
South Florida Bulls
Position:Offensive analyst
Personal information
Born: (1989-10-24) October 24, 1989 (age 35)
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:Lincoln (Tallahassee, Florida)
College:South Florida (2008–2012)
NFL draft:2013 / round: 7 / pick: 237
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Comp. / Att.:1 / 2
Passing yards:7
TD–INT:0–0
Receptions:2
Receiving yards:18
Stats at Pro Football Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Head coaching record
Career:6–2 (.750) (high school)

Bruce E. Daniels Jr. (born October 24, 1989) is a former professional American football quarterback. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL draft after playing college football at South Florida. He played quarterback for South Florida as a 4-year starter and also played Quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks. He won Super Bowl XLVIII with the Seahawks over the Denver Broncos. He was an offensive analyst at the University of South Florida.[1] He is now the assistant director of Donor Community and Alumni Engagement at the University of South Florida.

College career

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Born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, Daniels graduated from Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, where he once threw 6 touchdowns and 723 yards in a game vs Demply Prep.[2] Daniels finished the 2009 season with 1983 yards passing, 772 yards rushing, and 23 total touchdowns.[3][4] Daniels responded in his junior year with 3,205 total yards. Daniels was on his way to becoming the all time yardage leader in Big East history when his senior season was cut short due to injury. Daniels ended his college career with 8,433 yards passing for 52 TD's, and 2,068 yards rushing for another 25 scores. Daniels achieved 10,501 total yards and 77 total touchdowns at USF, and finished his career second on the all time Big East yardage leaders. Daniels finished his college career high on all of USF's rushing and passing leaderboards. Daniels is also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

College statistics

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Year Team Passing Rushing
Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD
2008 South Florida 4 5 80.0 86 17.2 0 0 224.5 3 2 0.7 0
2009 South Florida 122 227 53.7 1,983 8.7 14 9 139.5 175 772 4.4 9
2010 South Florida 143 245 58.4 1,685 6.9 11 13 120.3 112 259 2.3 5
2011 South Florida 215 365 58.9 2,604 7.1 13 7 126.7 132 601 4.6 6
2012 South Florida 165 290 56.9 2,075 7.2 14 10 126.0 104 434 4.2 5
Career 649 1,132 57.3 8,433 7.4 52 39 128.2 526 2,068 3.9 25
Source for college statistics:[5]

Professional career

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Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 00 in
(1.83 m) 		222 lb
(101 kg) 		4.53 s 1.57 s 2.70 s 4.27 s 7.02 s 32+1⁄2 in
(0.83 m)		 10.5 ft 6 in
(3.35 m)		 22 reps
All values from South Florida Pro Day[6]

San Francisco 49ers

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Daniels was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round with the 237th overall pick in the 2013 NFL draft.[7]

Seattle Seahawks

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Daniels with the Seahawks in 2014

Daniels was claimed off waivers on October 2, 2013, by the Seattle Seahawks.[8] Daniels was waived by the Seahawks on November 16, 2013.[9] Daniels cleared waivers and the Seahawks signed him to the practice squad on November 18, 2013.[10] On June 2, 2015, Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell announced that Daniels would be making the switch to wide receiver for the 2015 season.[11] Daniels was waived by the Seahawks on October 13, 2015. The team re-signed him two days later.[12] On October 27, 2015, the Seahawks waived Daniels, but he re-signed with the team's practice squad soon after.[13][14] On November 24, 2015, he was promoted to the active roster.[15] On December 15, 2015, Daniels was waived.[16]

Houston Texans

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On December 21, 2015, Daniels was signed off the Seattle Seahawks' practice squad by the Houston Texans.[17] On December 27, 2015, Daniels made his Texans debut against the Tennessee Titans, passing 1–2 for 7 yards and rushing for 6 yards.[18]

New York Giants

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On May 9, 2016, Daniels signed a contract with the New York Giants.[19] On June 17, 2016, he was released by the Giants.[20]

Chicago Bears

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On July 27, 2016, Daniels signed a contract with the Chicago Bears.[21] On September 3, 2016, he was released by the Bears as part of final roster cuts.[22]

Atlanta Falcons

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On December 19, 2016, Daniels was signed to the Atlanta Falcons' practice squad.[23] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Falcons on February 7, 2017.[24] In June 2017, it was reported that Daniels had converted to running back.[25] He was released by the team on August 15, 2017.[26]

Saskatchewan Roughriders

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On May 17, 2018, Daniels signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.[27] He was cut June 9, 2018.

Salt Lake Stallions

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In 2018, Daniels was assigned to the Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football.[28] On November 27, he was drafted by the Salt Lake Stallions in the second round of the 2019 AAF QB Draft.[29] He did not make the team's final 52-man roster,[30] but was instead placed on injured reserve. The league ceased operations in April 2019.[31]

Seattle Dragons

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In 2019, Daniels was a member of the 2020 XFL Draft class, and was selected by the Seattle Dragons during the open phase.[32] He made his XFL debut in place of an injured Brandon Silvers and threw one incomplete pass. On February 29, 2020, Daniels came in for relief after Brandon Silvers was unable to be successful in the first half and helped his team score their first touchdown of the game, on a run by Kenneth Farrow, and then scored his first points as an XFL player, on a 1-Pt conversion. He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[33]

NFL statistics

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Year Team GP GS Passing Rushing Receiving Punt returns
Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Ret Yds Avg Lng TD
2015 SEA 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 2 18 9.0 12 0 1 7 7.0 7 0
2015 HOU 2 0 1 2 50.0 7 3.5 0 0 58.3 6 6 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 18 4.5 11 0
Career 8 0 1 2 50.0 7 3.5 0 0 58.3 6 6 1.0 0 2 18 9.0 12 0 5 25 5.0 11 0
Source for NFL statistics:[34]

Coaching career

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High school coaching

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Daniels was hired as the quarterbacks coach at Leon High School in 2018.[35] He was named the head coach at his alma mater Lincoln High School in Tallahassee in 2020.[36]

South Florida

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Daniels was hired as an offensive analyst at his alma mater South Florida in 2021.[37]

References

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  1. ^ "BJ Daniels - Quality Control Analyst - Offense - Staff Directory". USF Athletics. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Ferrante, Bob (September 26, 2009). "QB Daniels, Strong Defense Lead USF past FSU". Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  3. ^ South Florida Bulls 2012 Statistics – Team and Player Stats – College Football – ESPN
  4. ^ B.J. Daniels Stats – South Florida Bulls – ESPN
  5. ^ "B.J. Daniels". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  6. ^ "B.J. Daniels". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  7. ^ Barrows, Matt (April 27, 2013). "Night kap: 49ers take mobile USF quarterback in final round". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  8. ^ Wesseling, Chris (October 2, 2013). "B.J. Daniels claimed off waivers by Seattle Seahawks". National Football League. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  9. ^ Farnsworth, Clare (November 16, 2013). "Russell Okung returns; QB B.J. Daniels released". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  10. ^ Condotta, Bob (November 18, 2013). "Seahawks re-sign QB Daniels to practice squad". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  11. ^ Kelly, Danny (June 2, 2015). "Darrell Bevell: B.J. Daniels "primarily a receiver" for Seahawks heading into camp". SB Nation. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  12. ^ Boyle, John (October 15, 2015). "Seahawks re-sign WR B.J. Daniels, add LB Tyrell Adams to practice squad". Seattle Seahawks. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  13. ^ Phearis, Tybe (October 27, 2015). "Seahawks sign RB Bryce Brown, waive WR B.J. Daniels". Seattle Seahawks. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  14. ^ Larrabee, Kirk. "WR B.J. Daniels returns to Seahawks practice squad". 247Sports. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  15. ^ Boyle, John (November 24, 2015). "Seahawks Re-Sign RB Bryce Brown and Promote WR B.J. Daniels from Practice Squad; Waive DT A.J. Francis and Place LB Nick Moody on IR". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on November 28, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  16. ^ "Seahawks cut RB DuJuan Harris, WR B.J. Daniels". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  17. ^ "Seahawks' Pete Carroll 'disappointed' after losing B.J. Daniels to Texans". The Seattle Times. December 21, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  18. ^ "Texans' B.J. Daniels: Makes Texans debut in Week 16 - CBSSports.com". CBSSports.com. December 28, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  19. ^ Eisen, Michael (May 9, 2016). "Giants sign DE Ishaq Williams; Announce roster transactions". Giants.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  20. ^ Marron, Brian (June 17, 2016). "Logan Thomas Signed by Giants, B.J. Daniels Waived: Details, Comments, Reaction". Bleacher Report. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  21. ^ Bell, Allan (July 27, 2016). "Chicago Bears sign CB Brandon Boykin and WR BJ Daniels". 247Sports. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  22. ^ Mayer, Larry (September 3, 2016). "Bears trim 22 to reach 53-man limit". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017.
  23. ^ Jackson, Curtis (December 19, 2016). "Falcons Sign Daniels to Practice Squad, Waive McKissic". AtlantaFalcons.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  24. ^ Choate, Dave (February 8, 2017). "Falcons sign several players to future contracts for 2017". TheFalcoholic.com.
  25. ^ Ledbetter, D., Orlando (June 15, 2017). "Well-traveled Daniels makes move to running back". myajc.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  26. ^ Choate, Dave (August 15, 2017). "Falcons waive injured running back B.J. Daniels". TheFalcoholic.com.
  27. ^ "Roughriders sign former NFL QB Daniels - Article - TSN". TSN. May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  28. ^ Parry, Roy (November 28, 2018). "Orlando Apollos move forward with their quarterbacks in place". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  29. ^ Wilson, Ryan (November 27, 2018). "Alliance of American Football QB Draft: Aaron Murray, Christian Hackenberg highlight QBs taken". CBSSports.com. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  30. ^ Knight, Joey (January 30, 2019). "Trio of former Bulls makes Orlando Apollos' roster". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 31, 2019. Former Bulls QB B.J. Daniels, taken by Salt Lake in the second round of the inaugural AAF draft, isn't listed on the Stallions' final roster.
  31. ^ Rothstein, Michael; Wickersham, Seth (June 13, 2019). "Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  32. ^ Talbot, Damond (October 16, 2019). "XFL Draft Phase 5: The Final Rounds of the Draft, Find out who was selected". NFL Draft Diamonds. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  33. ^ Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  34. ^ "B.J. Daniels". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  35. ^ "Leon names former Lincoln, USF standout B.J. Daniels as QB coach". WCTV.tv. August 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  36. ^ "Homecoming Day: Lincoln alum B.J. Daniels hired as football head coach". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  37. ^ Keel, Fletcher (January 22, 2021). "Trojans again to search for head football coach after Daniels leaves for South Florida". www.wctv.tv. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
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